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York. Its canal communications with lakeChamplain , the northern lakes, and the Ohiovalley give it unrivalled advantages of this sort.More stages daily arrive and depart from thiscity, than any other of the size in the Union,being more than 100 daily. Its literary, hu-mane, and religious institutions arc of a veryrespectable class, and it issues 6 or 7 periodi-cal publications. Its population in 1820 was12,630; in 1830, 24,216, having nearly doubledits population in ten years. A more emphatic

illustration of the tendency of the canal systemcould not be given. There are in the city 3flour mills, 2 w oollen manufactories, 2 do. cot-ton and woollen, 1 distillery, 5 breweries, man-ufactories of oil-cloths, and a very extensivecap manufactory which employs 200 malesand 450 females and pays 81,800 in weeklyw T ages. The business transacted in this estab-lishment amounts to several hundred thousanddollars a year. There is a rail-road from Al-bany to Schenectady , length 14 miles.

ALBANV AND ITS ENVIRONS.

(a) United States arsenal.—(b) Aqueduct.—(c) Fort’s Ferry.—(d) Vischer’s Ferry. —(e) Deep Cut.

ALBANY, t. Berks co. Pa . E. Harrisburg.Pop. 905.

ALBANY, r. North America , which fillsinto James’ bay, long. 84° 30' \V. lat. 51° 30'N. runs NE. through a chain of small lakes,from tlie S. end of Winnipeg lake. The Brit-ish fort is on the river, in lat. 53 d 10' N.

ALBANY , New , t. Clarke co. In.; from W\642 m.; a little below Clarksville.

ALBEMARLE, co. central part of Va. ;bounded N. by Orange co. E. by Louisa andFluvanna cos. SE. by James r. S\V. by Am-herst co. and W. by Augusta and Rockinghamcos. Chief town, Charlottesville. Pop. 22,613;slaves 11,689.

ALBEMARLE-SOUND, inlet of the sea, onE. coast of N. C. It extends into the country60 m. and is from 4 to 15 wide. It receivesthe waters of the Roanoke and the Chowan.Lat. 35 3 52' N.

ALBERTSON’S, v. Duplin co. N.C.

ALBION, t. and cap. of Edwards co. Illinois ,40 m. SW. from Vincennes . It stands on thedividing ridge between the Great and Little jW abash rivers, 12 m. from the former and 6from the latter, in a dry and healthy situation,!while it is well supplied w’ith springs of w*ater.Distance from \V. 733 m.

ALBION, v. Edwards co. Illinois .

AT,BURG, t. Grand Isle co. Vt . on N. end! of the island of North Hero, in lake Champlain ;40 m. N. from Burlington , from W. 555 m. ItI is a port of entry. Pop. 1,239.

ALDIE, v. Loudon co. Va.; from W. 35 m.

I ALEXANDER, t. Athens co. Ohio . Pop.765.

ALEXANDER, t. Genesee co. N. Y. 6 m.S. from Batavia .

ALEXANDER, co. Illinois , at the angle be-tween Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Chief town,America . Pop. 1,390.

ALEXANDERS, v. York district, S. C.;from W. 441 m.

ALEXANDERVILLE, v. Montgomery co.Ohio, on Miami r. 7 m. below Dayton .

ALEXANDRIA, t. Grafton co. N. H. 13 m.

, SSE. from Plymouth. Pop. 1,083.

| ALEXANDRIA, t. Hunterdon co. N. J. onj the Delaware; 15 m. SE. from Easton .

ALEXANDRIA, t. Huntingdon co. Pa.; S!m. from Huntingdon, 192 m. YV’XW. fromPhiladelphia , from W. 162 m.

ALEXANDRIA, t. in the parish of Rapide,Louisiana, on Red River , 120 in. from itsmouth, 70 from Natchitoches , and about 100from Natchez, St. Fruncisville, and Point Cou-pee; about 180 m. in a direct line, and 344 bj*water, WNW. from New* Orleans , from W